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Gunszt Ede OFM

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Deceased

Birth data:: Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — April 15, 1902
Death data:: Lansing, MI, USA — December 19, 1978
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)

Ordination level:: religious brother (not ordained priest)
Entry into religious life:: Szécsény, Kingdom of Hungary — August 9, 1923

Biographical data

His parents were Ferenc Gunszt and Mária Neumann; he had six siblings. He entered the order in Szécsény on August 9, 1923. He served as a missionary in China starting in 1929. After being expelled from China in 1953, he arrived in the United States via Honolulu. In 1959, he earned a bachelor’s degree in Milwaukee; that same year, he was involved in a serious car accident. He has been a member of the Knights of Columbus since 1968.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Current name, country i	Church / institution	Position
1923 circa		Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary		Szécsény
1929 circa		Kecskemét, Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
1929	1953	Paoking, Kína	Shaoyang (邵阳)		missionary
1953	1978	USA			his places of service are unknown

Life timeline

Birth

April 15, 1902

Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary

Entry into religious life

August 9, 1923

Szécsény, Kingdom of Hungary

Service in the homeland

1923

Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

Szécsény

Service abroad

1929 – 1953

Paoking, Kína, currently Shaoyang (邵阳)

missionary

Service in the homeland

1929

Kecskemét, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

Service abroad

1953 – 1978

USA

his places of service are unknown

Death

December 19, 1978

Lansing, MI, USA

Sources

OFM-K-1994: 41.
Kecskeméti Közlöny, 1929-07-25., pp. 2.
Esti Újság, 1938-01-04.; pp. 11.
KMV: 1953-10-18.; pp. 2.
https://www.myheritage.hu/research/collection-1/myheritage-csaladfak?itemId=762063581-1-500465&action=showRecord&recordTitle=Elem%C3%A9r+Gunszt✓

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Citation for this entry

Gunszt Ede OFM: personal record. In: Historical directory of Hungarian, Hungarian-descended, and Hungarian-speaking clergy serving abroad. Available at: https://www.diaszporalelkipasztorok.hu/persons_v2/view.php?id=349 (accessed: 2026-10-30).

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